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ETHIOPIA - Lalibela
Naakuto Lab Church
The Church of Naakuto Lab is located 10km from Lalibela in a traditional village. This church have been built recently in a huge cave basalt on the site of an older 13th century shrine. The holy water drips from the roof of the cave into several stone basins inside the church's Sanctuary.
On our way back to Balibela, we met hundreds of people walking back to their home and we took many pictures.
BEST TIME to VISIT LALIBELA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to ETHIOPIA
October to March
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
Arriving to the cave
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the church is located in the large cave
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
holy water drips from the roof of the cave into several stone basins.
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ancient book
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Exhibiting one of the treasure : an ancient and magnifiscent manuscript
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Ethiopia - back from market
goods are transported by the donkey
Ethiopia - back from the market
Ethiopia - heavy load fot walking
Ethiopia - walking back from city
Ethiopia - back from city market
Ethiopia - back from market
Ethiopia - wailking
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
Priest in the sanctuary
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view from the cliff
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
landscape
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
Ethiopia - donkeys back from market
Ethiopia - village on the way
Ethiopia - men with donkeys
Ethiopia - leaving the city
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back from the city by hundreds
Ethiopia - children
Ethiopia
Transports are expensive for most ethiopians in the countryside and they walked sometimes 10 kilometers to go to the market
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Priest exbibits the master pieces of the church's treasure
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
Priest exhitibiting an ancient cross
Ethiopia - Lalibela - Naakuto Lab
The priest exhibits some of the master pieces of the church's treasure
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Church's Treasures Exhibition
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